bring
[ bring ]
/ brɪŋ /
verb (used with object), brought, bring·ing.
Verb Phrases
Origin of bring
before 950; Middle English
bringen, Old English
bringan; cognate with Dutch
brengen, German
bringen, Gothic
briggan
synonym study for bring
1.
Bring,
fetch,
take imply conveying or conducting in relation to the place where the speaker is. To
bring is simply to convey or conduct:
Bring it to me. I'm permitted to bring my dog here with me. It is the opposite of
take, which means to convey or conduct away from the place where the speaker is:
Bring it back here. Take it back there.
Fetch means to go, get, and bring back:
Fetch me that bottle.
OTHER WORDS FROM bring
bring·er, noun out·bring, verb (used with object), out·brought, out·bring·ing.Words nearby bring
British Dictionary definitions for bring up (1 of 2)
bring up
verb (tr, adverb)
to care for and train (a child); rear
we had been brought up to go to church
to raise (a subject) for discussion; mention
to vomit (food)
(foll by against)
to cause (a person) to face or confront
(foll by to)
to cause (something) to be of a required standard
British Dictionary definitions for bring up (2 of 2)
bring
/ (brɪŋ) /
verb brings, bringing or brought (tr)
See also
bring about,
bring down,
bring forward,
bring in,
bring off,
bring on,
bring out,
bring over,
bring round,
bring to,
bring up
Derived forms of bring
bringer, nounWord Origin for bring
Old English
bringan; related to Gothic
briggan, Old High German
bringan
Idioms and Phrases with bring up
bring up
Raise from childhood, rear. For example, Bringing up children is both difficult and rewarding. [Late 1400s]
Introduce into discussion, mention, as in Let's not bring up the cost right now. [Second half of 1800s]
Vomit, as in She still felt sick but couldn't bring up anything. This usage was first recorded in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719).